As he promised, Daniel Andrews today announced the end to Covid lockdowns in Victoria at 11:59pm this coming Thursday.
At that time 70% of Victorians will have been fully vaccinated against Covid19 and more than 90% will have had at least their first jab - including kids twelve years of age and older. That's despite Morrison's decision to saturate NSW with Pfizer vaccines to the detriment of the vaccine rollout in others states which enabled NSW to streak ahead with the rollout and starved Victoria of Pfizer vaccines.
Andrews also flagged that the 80% fully vaccinated threshold will be crossed roughly ten days later at which point regional distinctions between Victoria and Melbourne will vaporise and restrictions greatly reduced. Major events such as the Melbourne Cup will be back!
What a contrast to Morrison who promised that the vaccine rollout would be well underway in March, then declared that it wasn't a race until NSW stuffed up and he raced to pour Australia's very limited supplies of Pfizer into it.
What a contrast to Morrison who eighteen months after the pandemic began has almost nothing in place to deal with constitutional responsibility for quarantine.
What a contrast to Morrison who's still refusing to deliver a federal ICAC with teeth that can keep the likes of his Muppets honest.
What a contrast to Morrison who's off to Glasgow with nothing to say and a plan to do nothing about addressing global warming.
